The Sports Concussion Forum 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm Thursday, May 5, 2016 Junipero Serra High School 451 W. 20th Avenue, San Mateo, CA

Introduction: Lars Lund Junipero Serra High School President

Welcome: Kevin Mullin California Assembly Speaker pro Tempore

Player Perspective: Professional experience Gerald Hodges Inside

Player Perspective: College experience Osa Aigbuza Former Division One San Jose State University Football Player

A Family’s Journey: From playing to advocacy Darren and Jill Cde Baca One Hit Away Foundation

Neurocognitive Testing: What you need to know Mark Moreno Head Athletic Trainer at Bellarmine College Preparatory

Studying the Biomechanics of Concussion: Research to improve sports equipment and rules to reduce injuries Dr. David Camarillo Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy) at Stanford University

Closing

Speakers:

Kevin Mullin Kevin Mullin was elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2014 to the California State Assembly representing the 22nd District in San Mateo County. On December 1, 2014 he was sworn in as Assembly Speaker pro Tem for the 2015-16 legislative session. As the #2 officer in the Assembly, he is part of the Speaker’s leadership team and presides over Assembly floor sessions. Kevin was elected to the South San Francisco City Council in 2007 and re-elected in 2011, serving as Mayor that same year. A 4th generation Californian and San Mateo County native, Kevin graduated from Junipero Serra High School, received a B.A. in Communications from the University of San Francisco, and a Master's degree in Public Administration (M.P.A.) from San Francisco State University.

Gerald Hodges Gerald Hodges currently plays inside linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers. He previously played for two years for the who drafted him in the fourth round, 120th overall of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played at Penn State and had 109 tackles, including 81/2 for loss, and two as a senior. He was a three times Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and on the First-team All-Big Ten.

Osa Aigbuza Osa Aigbuza, a former division one student-athlete and alum of San Jose State University. Osa played running back for Archbishop Riordan High School and San Jose State University. He played versus Junipero Serra. Osa is a Bay Area native and can offer a unique perspective on concussions and their impact on players on and off the field.

Darren Cde Baca and Jill Cde Baca Darren and Jill Cde Baca founded the One Hit Away Foundation after their son, Brett, suffered his third concussion while playing college football. One Hit Away Foundation provides education and advocacy for brain healing and brain health from sports-related brain injuries such as a sub-concussive hit and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Their mission is to provide education, support and resources for healing sports-related brain injuries and concussions. The focus is on brain healing and the tools for brain health.

Mark Moreno Mark Moreno was appointed Head Athletic Trainer at Bellarmine College Preparatory in August of 2007. He has established a strong, reliable and comprehensive sports medicine department, which is responsible for over 1000 student athletes.

Mark Moreno completed his formal education at Sonoma State University and earned a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology in 2001. In 2009, he completed a master’s degree in Exercise Science from the California University, Pennsylvania. Certified by the National Athletic Training Association (NATA) since 2002, he also a Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES-NASM) and an Impact Trained Athletic Trainer (ITAT). Mark is an Approved Clinical Instructor (ACI) for undergraduate level athletic training students at San Jose State University.

Mark also serves on the medical team for the California Concussion Institute.

David Camarillo David Camarillo is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Dr. Camarillo holds a B.S.E in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford. Both his graduate work and industry experience with Intuitive Surgical and Hansen Medical were in medical device design, specifically the area of surgical robotics. Dr. Camarillo performed his postdoctoral research in Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco in 2011. He is an expert in instrumentation and biomechanics whose research interests include medical technology design over a broad range of applications from prevention of mild traumatic brain injury, prediction of embryo viability, and cardiovascular robotic surgery. He directs a National Institute of Health (NIH) funded laboratory working to solve these problems.

Current research includes instrumenting Stanford athletes with inertial sensors to investigate the mechanism of concussion. Understanding the mechanism of concussion will allow for change of rules, technique, or the development of preventive equipment and diagnostics to reduce brain injuries.

Assembly Bill 2182

Introduced by Assemblymember Kevin Mullin on February 18, 2016, AB 2182 creates a four-year grant program pilot for a total of three school districts in northern, central, and southern California to administer baseline and post-injury neurocognitive testing on student athletes who sustain head injuries. Operating the pilot for four years would allow the (pilot) school districts to track first year high school students through potentially four years of sports activities. The neurocognitive testing will be conducted every two years by a licensed health care professional for pupils participating in baseball, basketball, cheerleading field hockey, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, softball, volleyball, or wrestling.

School districts interested in participating in the pilot shall receive funds for administering baseline and post-injury neurocognitive tests to high school students participating in the specified sports identified in the bill and to pay for training of personnel or to consult with experts on the interpretation of post-injury test results. (The funds for the pilot program should be based on an appropriation in the Budget Act.) Selection shall be based on a district's commitment to participate in the pilot for four years, a commitment to submit specified data to the County of Education (COE) and other criteria established by the California Department of Education (CDE).

Within six months after the conclusion of the pilot, the CDE shall, based on data provided by COEs located in the districts participating in the pilot program, submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature on the number of athletes that received the baseline tests and the post-injury tests, and the number of athletes who had taken the tests and stopped playing a sport due to concussion injuries.

Update on the bill: The amended AB 2182 was approved by the Assembly Education Committee with a 7-0 vote on April 6, 2016 and on April 12, 2016 in the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media (A.E.S.T. & I.M.) 7-0 vote. The bill was heard in the Assembly Appropriation Committee on April 27, 2016.